Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Cattle prices showed small declines while hog prices sharply rose at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday. United States President Donald Trump announced that certain imports from Mexico which fall under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement will see tariffs delayed until April 2. Canada was also included in the official amendment […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Mixed movement in meat futures
U.S. grains: Corn, soy and wheat bounce as traders monitor tariff relief
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures closed higher on Wednesday, bouncing from multi-month lows set a day earlier as indications that U.S. tariffs against Canada and Mexico may be reduced helped ease market jitters over escalating trade tensions.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog markets bounce back
Reading Time: < 1 minute The United States cattle and hog markets were two of many that rebounded on Wednesday one day after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports. Canada and China have already enacted retaliatory tariffs while Mexico will announce its plans by March 9. The April live cattle contract rose 1.900 U.S. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy futures slide as trade tensions flare
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest levels of 2025 on Tuesday and soybean futures dropped below $10 a bushel on heightened concerns that President Donald Trump's trade policies would curb demand for U.S. goods, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound, hogs hit six-month low
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle and hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange went in opposite directions on Tuesday as United States President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods.
U.S. grains: Corn extends slide as trade woes, big South American crops spur sell-off
Reading Time: 2 minutes Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell nearly three per cent on Monday as worries about trade tensions and ample South American harvests appeared to spur commodity funds to liquidate more of their large net long positions, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog prices hit multi-month lows
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange came out of the weekend in a similar way to how they entered it, showing downward momentum. Meanwhile, the United States prepares to issue tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports starting tomorrow. The April live cattle contract dropped 0.400 U.S. cents per pound to end Monday at […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago grains fall as tariff anxiety grows
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures dipped on Friday as market players continued to worry about the impact of tariffs on U.S. agricultural trade.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures drop as tariff deadline nears
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago mercantile exchange cattle and hog futures fell across the board to end the week.
U.S. grains: Corn falls on US planting data, tariff confusion
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn was down sharply on Thursday as market players digested numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Outlook Forum as well as expectations of new U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico and China, analysts said.
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